The chart below shows the average household spending pattern for households in three income categories as a proportion of their income. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The chart below shows the average household spending pattern for households in three income categories as a proportion of their income.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The bar chart illustrates differences in the percentages of ten selected kinds of average household spending patterns in three different kinds of
income
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. The three kinds of
income
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consist of $15,000-25,000(Low), $50,000-75,000(
Medium
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) and Above $150,000(High). Looking at the
overall
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perspective, it is readily apparent that the majority of
income
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is spent on Housing and Transport.
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, the types with the highest percentages of
income
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are Housing in Low,
Medium
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and High at almost 38%. It is followed by Transport with each having nearly 18% in Low and
Medium
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, accounting for 15% in High
income
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.
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, in Food and Utilities, the proportion of low-
income
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is the highest than that of
medium
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and high-
income
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.
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, Retirement savings, whose figure stood at approximately 17% in High
income
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had the lowest percentage of low
income
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at roughly 3%. Relatively low figures were observed in Eating out, Entertainment, Clothing and Education with 5% more or less respectively in the three categories of
income
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.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words income, medium with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "percentages" was used 3 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • proportion
  • income category
  • household spending
  • low-income households
  • mid-income households
  • high-income households
  • spending pattern
  • expenditure
  • trend
  • notably
  • significantly
  • on average
  • predominantly
  • essential expenses
  • disposable income
  • allocate
  • budget
  • vary
  • contrast
  • percentage
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